Accused North Carolina killer declares he is the antichrist in bizarre courtroom outburst: 'The Empire State Building is going to go up in flames!'

An accused North Carolina rapist and killer declared he is the devil in a bizarre court outburst Tuesday.

An accused North Carolina rapist and killer suspected in a ruthless, one-man crime spree declared he is the devil and maniacally threatened the Empire State Building in a bizarre courtroom outburst Tuesday.

"Tell the Illuminati that I'm the Antichrist. I'm here to take over the world," Kendrick Gregory said as he entered a Wake County courtroom Tuesday, WTVD reported.

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Kendrick Gregory, 21, is charged in a two-day crime spree through Raleigh.

Gregory — who was arrested in Brooklyn in September following a 2-day crime spree in Raleigh — was indicted last month on 10 charges, which include murder, robbery, assault, kidnapping and rape. He was extradited from New York last week.

"And the Empire State Building is going to go up in flames!" the 21-year-old yelled as he left court following the brief Tuesday hearing. "And tell them I love Chris, too!"

It's not clear who Chris is.

Gregory started his 48-hour rampage on Aug. 30 with a carjacking, prosecutors said. He allegedly stole a second car at gunpoint hours later, too.

The next day, he shot and wounded 27-year-old Lenin Alvaringa as he stole the man's wallet at the Knights Inn in North Raleigh, prosecutors said.

He then drove to a pawn shop in East Raleigh, where he shot and killed the store's owner, 64-year-old Thomas Melvin Durand. He nabbed Durand's gun as he fled, officials said.

"Tell the Illuminati that I’m the Antichrist. I’m here to take over the world," Gregory said in court Tuesday. (WTVD)